i never thought religion was a problem. my methodist or baptist friends or whatever, we were all the same. in any way, that was a big thing. i would never forget. one night we watching the news and they were talking about in john kennedy got elected, the pope would run the country. i looked at my mom and said, i do not think they know the catholics that we know. with that being said, that was put to rest. my uncle became a big part of the john f. kennedy entourage. he was big. him and teddy were friends. he says, brother jimmy, you are in charge of little brother teddy to make sure he has the oratorical skills. these are in some of the books if you read the memoirs. every time he got down, he would want teddy to imitate to make him feel good. that is what really got me interested. i saw this young, vivacious president, before that i can remember was eisenhower -- and he was more of a grandfatherly figure. now i see this young person who is a leader of our country that plays football and athletic and swims. he really got me